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WM—15 six-seater traffic machine. It was designed by: Andor Halász, with the strong cooperation of Miklós Hoff, who replaced the then ill chief designer in his work. Later, this type was also listed in the factory's records as a Hoff traffic machine. Although no data is available about this machine, it is known that its plans were fully developed, and even its experimental parts were completed (e.g. the special main support system with a cabinet). This is also proven by the fact that his model was also exhibited in the old Budapest Transportation Museum in the (destroyed) display case displaying the products of the WM factory. In terms of its general layout, it has a lower wing, two WM Sport—III. it was a streamlined machine with a motor and trapezoidal surfaces. Its undercarriage was lowered into the streamlines starting from the engine cover and the wing trunk transition was carefully rounded. In the absence of exact data about the model in the mentioned WM showcase, the main dimensions deduced in a scale appropriate to the engine are as follows: Estimated span: 16.2 m, length: 13 m, height: 3.8 m.
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WM-17 is a single-seat fighter aircraft. At the same time as the birth of the ÁVIS types, around 1934, the WM factory was also engaged in the development of domestically produced fighter aircraft types. Andor Halász designed two kites for the then new K-14 engine. More details about the WM-17 machine are currently unknown, we only know that it was a biplane, stiffened machine, and only its plans were completed.
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WM-18 is a single-seat fighter aircraft. It was completed according to the plans of Andor Halász. The factory exhibited it in the aforementioned Transport Museum showcase. It was a nicely streamlined, stocky machine, with gull-shaped upper wings directly attached to the fuselage to give the pilot a good view. Its undercarriage was wrapped in a streamlined manner and connected to the body structure with a streamlined support. Béla Samu, later chief designer, was already working on the plane's wing structure and it was made with the new tube main support, which bent when it joined the fuselage. The informational data of WM-18 measured back from the photograph were as follows: F: 9.8 m, h: 8 m, m: 3.7 m, engine: WM-K-14. Year of construction 1936.
WM—19 touring machine. Andor Halász's plans for the machine were registered in the drawing library of the WM factory, but the plans and there are no data on the completion of the machine.
WM—20 biplane, two-seat training machine. Gnome-Rhone "Titán" with 5-cylinder, 240 Lens engine. Designed by Andor Halász and Miklós Hoff (1935). This machine in fact, the Heinkel HD-22 was created as an upgrade of military training machines, but the original Heinkel designs were thoroughly revised and only the main dimensions were kept in accordance with the HD-22. This machine was also exhibited in the WM showcase, but there are also data on its construction and flight. A copy of it was still in operation in 1938, at the Budaörs airport. Features: double-deck, stiffened wing, with rounded surfaces. The trunk has an oval cross-section, N.A.C.A. with engine cover ring. The steering surfaces are elliptical in shape. Its running gear is split, with streamlined wheel covers. The main dimensions of the plane (based on measurements from the photo): f: 12 m, h: 8.50 m, wing area: 31 m 2 , m: 3.5 m. The plane's marking was first HA-PTA, then in the air force group G-100.
WM—22 reconnaissance bomber. At the request of the air force, Béla Samu laid down the basic plans for a high-wing, multi-task reconnaissance aircraft for the WM-14/A engine, but his design was later stopped. At this time, a new group of constructors was organized in WM's design in addition to the old ones in the person of István Lajtai, Vilmos Marton, Márton Pap, Jenő Pavláth, János Weingartner and others, with whom Béla Samu took on the task of creating a fully Hungarian designed and built fighter to eliminate the previous foreign dependence. develops: